The states determine qualifications for voting and procedures for registration, and only citizens may vote

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citizenship, Elections, federal government overreach, Justice Antonin Scalia, National Voter Registration Act Of 1993 (NVRA), nullification: the original right of self-defense, right to vote, states rights, U.S. Constitution, Voter Registration, Voting

Orig. photo by Tim Evanson, Flickr (cc)

Grumpy Opinions by Publius Huldah

1.  Summary

The federal government is usurping the powers of the States, expressly retained by Art. I, §2, cl. 1, U.S. Constitution, to determine qualifications for voting. And by perverting Art. I, §4, cl. 1, it is also usurping the States’ reserved powerto determine procedures for registration of voters.

Consistent with Principles of Republican Government, every State in this Union has restricted voting to Citizens.¹ But on October 26, 2010 in Gonzales v. Arizona, a three judge panel on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (9th Cir.) construed the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) and asserted that Arizona has no right to require applicants for voter registration to provide proof of citizenship. I wrote about it at the time HERE. On rehearing, the en banc Court of Appeals agreed with the panel; and on June 17, 2013, in Arizona v. The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., the Supreme Court affirmed.

A few months thereafter, California passed a law which permits illegal aliens to get drivers’ licenses; and during 2015, consistent with the unconstitutional NVRA, passed “Motor Voter” providing that when one gets a drivers’ license, one is automatically registered to vote.²

The federal government is unlawfully mandating that illegal aliens be allowed to vote in our elections.

2.  The Concept of “Citizenship”

Emer de Vattel’s The Law of Nations was a Godsend to our Framing Generation because it provided the new concepts our Framers needed to transform us from subjects of a Monarchy to Citizens of a Republic.³ Book I, Ch. XIX, defines “citizens,” “inhabitants” and “naturalization”:

• “Citizens” are the members of the civil society who are bound to it by certain duties, subject to its authority, participate in its advantages and in the rights of citizens [§212].

• “Inhabitants” are foreigners who are permitted to settle in the country and are subject to its laws, but do not participate in all the rights of citizens [§213].

• “Naturalization” is the process whereby the country grants to a foreigner the quality of citizen, by admitting him into the body of the political society [§214].

So “citizens” have civic advantages and political rights which are not extended to “inhabitants” – and certainly not to aliens who have unlawfully entered a country.⁴

Accordingly, our Constitution permits only Citizens to serve in Congress (Art. I, §2, cl. 2 & §3, cl. 3); the President must be a “natural born Citizen” (Art. II, §1, cl. 5); Article IV, §2, cl. 1 & §1 of the 14th Amendment refer to the “privileges and immunities of citizens”; and the 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th Amendments⁵ refer to voting by “Citizens.”

3.  The Federalist Papers show that voting is a privilege of Citizens alone

The slaves in America were “inhabitants,” not “citizens.” They weren’t allowed to vote. Federalist No. 54 (5th para from bottom) tells us:

“…The qualifications on which the right of suffrage depend are not…the same… [in the several States]. In some of the States the difference is very material. In every State, a certain proportion of inhabitants are deprived of this right by the constitution of the State, who will be included in the census by which the federal Constitution apportions the representatives… the Southern States might… [insist]…that the slaves, as inhabitants, should have been admitted into the census according to their full number, in like manner with other inhabitants, who, by the policy of other States, are not admitted to all the rights of citizens…” [boldface added]⁶

In Federalist No. 60 (1st, 2nd and last paras), Hamilton speaks of the “fundamental privilege” of citizens to vote, and that citizens who are conscious and tenacious of their rights would flock to the places of election to overthrow tyrants.In Federalist No. 61 (2nd para), Hamilton speaks of “the suffrages of the citizens,” and of voting as an “invaluable privilege.”

Over and over, The Federalist Papers show that voting is restricted to citizens:

“In republics, persons elevated from the mass of the community, by the suffragees of their fellow-citizens, to stations of great pre-eminence and power…” (No. 22, 6th para from bottom) [boldface added]

“If we consider the situation of the men on whom the free suffrages of their fellow-citizens may confer the representative trust, we shall find it involving every security which can be devised or desired for their fidelity to their constituents (No. 57, 7th para) *** “… that each representative of the United States will be elected by five or six thousand citizens…” (No. 57, 7th para from bottom) [boldface added]

“There is a peculiarity in the federal Constitution which insures a watchful attention in a majority both of the people and of their representatives to a constitutional augmentation of the latter. The peculiarity lies in this, that one branch of the legislature is a representation of citizens, the other of the States…” (No. 58 at 3.) [boldface added]

“…A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations …” No. 68 (3rd para) [boldface added]

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What’s The Best Response To Leftist Assaults on Their Political Opponents?

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culture, Elections, Government, Media bias, Politics, President Donald Trump, social issues

Every Monday, the WoW! community and our invited guests weigh in at the Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week’s question:What’s The Best Response To Leftist Assaults on Their Political Opponents?

Scott Kirwan: Interesting question. My first instinct is to punch back twice as hard but considering how hysterical the Left is getting I’m thinking another course of action might be called for:

Laughter.

I never thought the Left would become more unhinged than it was in the lead-up to the Iraq War, but Trump has pushed them passed that point years ago. I’d be embarrassed to be a Democrat today. The party has lost its collective mind, and I find that hilarious. And now they are trotting out a 20-something as their standard-bearer, a girl who wasn’t around for Communism the first time but who just knows it’s sooo cool. Yeah, that Brezhnev – what a fashionista.

That said if we are going to laugh at them, we should do so while heading to the polls this Fall. Normally I don’t vote in non-presidential elections but I’ll be doing so this year.

Don Surber: Vote.

Rob Miller: By all means, vote…unless you’ve had your votes made meaningless because you live in a blue run state and your neighborhood has been gerrymandered to be safe Democrat no matter what. I think more is called for.

Two things I haven’t seen discussed too much, certainly not by the usual suspects in the media. Almost all of these incidents have two things in common. First, they all occur in blue run jurisdictions, where the police, who take their orders from the local politicians can be told not to interfere. Second, they mostly involve mobs descending on smaller groups or even single individuals.

They’re not only totalitarian barbarians but cowards. What’s called for is what I refer to as puppy training. That means consequences for misbehavior.

Once the president gets rid of Jeff Sessions and gets a real attorney general, there are a lot of corrections to be had. You’ll notice that a bunch of ‘resistance’ punks in Portland, Oregon surrounded and blockaded an ICE office and the mayor and the police did nothing…and then, all of a sudden, after a day or so of this, the police moved in, cleared away the ‘demonstrators’ and arrested some of them. Perhaps someone at the White House called the Mayor and mentioned that impeding federal officers from carrying out their duties s a felony, and so is impeding a federal office from carrying out their normal business. And so is aiding and abetting.

Former president Barack Hussein Obama got away with weaponizing federal agencies like the IRS to go after those he considered his political opponents. Things like that can also work both ways if necessary.So can lawfare. And Dick Tuck style pranks. These people have no sense of humor and get literally hysterical when they’re mocked.

And on some occasions, simply standing up to these people can bear fruit,when the odds are right. It’s time the Left learned that there’s a price to pay for their antics.

Laura Rambeau Lee:The proper response seems to be just keep calm, keep speaking the truth whenever and wherever we can, grab some popcorn and watch it play out. Follow the growing #WalkAway Campaign founded by former liberal Brandon Straka. People from all “identity groups” are waking up to the lies they have been told by liberals and the Democrat Party and are walking away. Their testimonials on Facebook are powerful and enlightening to read.

And I agree with Don. We have to vote and get others to vote. That’s how we win!

Well, there it is!

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Congress makes its own case for term limits

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Arizona Politics, Congress, economics, Elections, Illegal Immigration, Jeff the Flake, McStench, National Politics, Presidential campaigns

Image of John Conyers by Karen Murphy-Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Decades ago, I realized that we had some rather unsavory characters in our government, on every level, i.e., federal, state and local.

I must say that if one is following the insanity on a daily basis, it could become dangerous to your health.  So much negativity comes out of the swamp.  The one thing that swamp critters have proven to those of us who have watched these thugs in action for decades, DECADES is that yes, this country REALLY NEED TERM LIMITS.

Seeing Red AZ

After first digging in his heels against calls for him to resign from his U.S. House seat amid allegations of tens of thousands in payoffs from a congressional taxpayer paid “hush fund” — maintained solely for victims of sexual harassment —- John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) has conceded to the charges against him and quit. In his case being able to brag about assaulting female staffers might fall into the arena of braggadocio.  Conyers is 88 years old.  Implausibly, he has been  reelected in his Detroit district for 52 years. He wants his same named violent son, to follow him into the hallowed D.C. halls. John the Third was arrested for stabbing his girlfriend, but mysteriously never prosecuted[…]

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Is The GOP In For A ‘Rude Awakening’ In 2018 Elections? [VIDEO] Ginni Thomas

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Elections, Mitch McConnell, obstruction, Republican Party establishment, Steve Bannon

A few months ago, Justice Judge Jeanine Pirro called out the Republican Party establishment for plotting against President Donald J. Trump.

Four months later as we watched the Republican Party obstruct the President’s agenda this past summer, what are the odds that the Republic Party establishment has learned a lesson?

Don’t bet the ranch on it. McConnell spewed the same old talking points earlier today on Sunday morning talk shows:

The Republican Party leadership is talking over our heads or so they’d like to think.

Above image is a derivative.  Original photo of Senator Mitch McConnell Source: Gage Skidmore_Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Photo of brick wall Source: Pixabay (public domain)

Cross-posted on Wow! Magazine.

How President Trump Supporters Now Can Best Help President Donald Trump And Themselves To Make America Great Again

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civics, committeemen, Conservative, Elections, precinct, primary, republican, strategy

 

The following is an essay written by Cold Warrior over at Unified Patriots which pretty much says it all.  Those of us who support President Donald Trump must act to take down those standing in the way of his agenda.

The war that the Progressive establishment on both the left and the right has declared on our President is also a declaration of war on the American people.

It is our duty as citizens to protect and to act.

Unified Patriots by Cold Warrior

It will take more than going to rallies. And not a lot of time. If the effort is focused and smart.

President Donald Trump is the nominal head of the Republican Party. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Republicans In Name Only, #CampaignConservatives and #Chambercrats, pretend to support the President’s agenda. They do not. As do not many of the #FakeConservatives in the U.S. House and Senate facing re-election in 2018. Their current actions (or, perhaps, inaction) speak louder than words.

No?

Just as the fake Republicans in the House and Senate do not support President Trump, the Republicans In Name Only who populate many of the elected 168 member slots of the Republican National Committee (“RNC”) (that includes the chairmen of the state parties and the territories and their national committeemen and national committeewomen) are trying to sabotage President Trump’s agenda. That effort is in full view of any objective observer.

Ought we not replace these incumbent Republicans In Name Only? To ask the question is to answer it. Of course we must. So . . . how to do it? By going to rallies? By commenting on a blog?

No. That will not do it. We need to focus on getting Trump supporters to actually vote in the primary election and then the general election.

We conservatives who support President Donald J. Trump need to unite and organize for real political action where we live “inside” the Republican Party apparatus to be in a position to make sure that the best conservative candidate in the all-important, traditionally, very-low-turnout primary election, gets the most votes.

I know how to make that happen. It does not take more than two or three hours a month.

Can you sacrifice that amount of time?

My brother Tom tells me that whenever he asks for volunteers back in our hometown for anything of a civic nature, the two most common excuses are, “I’m too busy” and “I don’t have enough time.”

You are not too busy. You have the time[…]

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Infowars – Paul Joseph Watson – Marine Le Pen Death Knell Of The EU

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Elections, France, globalism, Islamic Terrorist Attack, Marine LePen, Paris attack, round 1

The same folks that voted against President Donald J. Trump are the same jerks that voted against Brexit and are now the same jerks voting against Marine LePen, i.e., globalists.